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Topic: Protesting in Los Angeles (Read 1607 times)

So yesterday I got an invite from a friend to accompany him on a day trip to my favorite city in the world (NOT!), Los Angeles, for a union protest against a recent National Labor Relations Board decision that is essentially a union-busting move from the Bush-appointed cronies on said Board.

I won't bore you with details....Google "Kentucky River decision" or go to the California Nurses Association website to get the skinny. www.calnurses.org

Flew down to LA early a.m. from Oakland and gathered in front of Good Samaritan Hospital in downtown LA for the rally and march to the NLRB offices a few blocks away. There was a sea of nurses, some quite woofy (hey activism can be sexy too, right?).

The march was great -- we did our little civil disobedience by causing chaos on the streets of downtown LA, and got a glimpse of Magic Johnson driving his 90K Mercedes vehicle past our march (he blew his horn and waved). I wanted to ask him if he REALLY took Kaletra since he seems to be a spokesperson for them, but he drove onward....

Blasted some Aretha Franklin and Bob Marley reggae music from the loudspeakers that accompanied us, and shouted some great anti-Bush slogans along the way ("Gonna beat...back...the Bush attack...we're gonna beat, beat back...the Bush attack!"). Okay, it's not Kate Bush, it's George Bush we're talking about here. Gotta dumb it down a bit!

I was hoping to storm the building, but alas, no American Bastille today! The Security Apparatus at the building did inform us that "chanting" in the building was "illegal" under new Department of Homeland Security rules and that we could be arrested if they so desired. Bring it on, baby!

Also had a chance to network with some really, um, "intense" activist nurses over (several) beers at the Gordon Biersch brewery @ Terminal 1/LAX.

Good for you for taking a stand. I'm seriously considering returning to school to become an RN because it would enhance my work as a mental health counselor. Eighty percent of my coworkers are nurses and I know not to screw with them!